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Nothing bad this morning. It's just about the arrangement we made yesterday for the (Twi) conversation for the man. So
I was at your place around ten o'clock. Your room-mate was in bed at that time, sort of half-asleep.

Mmm! He said he was feeling a little bit cold so he was even in warm clothing. So I asked him of your whereabouts, and
he told me that you weren't around. I, therefore, waited a while, for about ten minutes wait. I, then, left a note with him
that I'll be waiting for you in front of here (Rolfe Hall).

That's true. He told me when I came that you came to my place just as you are saying. I decided to go for a little walk
(exercise) on campus when I woke up. I was already late for the appointment by the time I came back (from the walk). So how
is home?

I did not here much of your coming; just that Quarcopome told me that you were coming, so I was caught virtually unprepared.
So I was wondering that you might not have had my address, and that might have been why things turned out that way.

Because he had a car (T: Aha!) so that they come and…(T: pick you up) Right! Pick me up. So I waited for a while.
The wait did not appear to be too long since there were several interesting things happening.

When I arrived…., well,…. I tell you, sometimes I find trouble for myself. I wore a coat on the day I left
Ghana; I knew I was going abroad; and when I got to New York, damn it! I was sweating like hell. It was terrible warm there.
I think they announced that New York was very warm, even before we got out of the plane. I actually ignored the announcement
because I thought since people here are used to cold weather, what to them was warm was nothing to scare a person like me.

Yes. (T: Oh!) I stayed there for a while,… the guy who met me at the airport and sent me to his house (T: Oh!) Yes,
I stayed there for a while before moving to my new place. (T: Oh!) I moved in there yesterday.

Things are a lot different here from home. At home, most schools (Universities) are residential. Once you get your key
you get your room; then you move in. Over here, you've got to search for your own accommodation.

So, I took it easy, why should I rush things, I told myself. I thought once I had been admitted my accommodation needs
were also going to be taken care of. So, when I got here before I started thinking of where I was going to sleep, I, therefore,
went to the Graduate Students Residence Hall to check up if I had a place there; that is whether I had been reserved a place/room.
When I got there I was told that my name was not on the listǃ Whatǃ What is this? My name not on the list? Well,
back home, once you've been admitted, all other documentation is O.K.

Oh, it is automatic, as the white man will say. That means your name appears on all relevant documents. So I did not succeed
there. That meant that I had to search for alternative accommodation. I must say that is is not all that difficult finding
housing here. (Tː Yeahǃ) It is not difficult once you have the money to pay. You can see notices of vacancies and
open house invitations as you walk along the streets.

Well, it's nice. When I first moved in, it was kind of stuffy inside because it had not been slept in for a while. You
see? So I couldn't determine how good it was. But after sleeping in it for three days I've seen that it is alright; once I
open the windows the wind blows through it freely.

So he brought me down soon after I had packed the luggage into the car. That very evening, he drove me through town. We
went to some very popular entertaining spots. Places where things were happening. So I slept at around 2pm. Following morning,
I got into the Orientation Program; and mixed up freely with the white folk; people from South-east Asia, Europe and other
foreign countries. After about two weeks I got a place to stay. (Cː Ohǃ) By the grace of God, I got a place to stay...

That's rightǃ The place where you were not listed. That was the very place I got. So I went to stay there. I stayed
there for nine months (Cː Ahaǃ) I moved into a friend's house during the vacation; he was going home to get his
documents in order. I went t live there. That is where I have been living up till now. But the nature of food here is...well...at
home..., the method of preparation is a little bit different at home. Yes, it is a little bit different at home so that you'll
feel a little bit uncomfortable with it (the food).

The food I was familiar with was Rice and Chicken, so I could call for that. Because that what I was familiar with, I
always called for that and was given. The other food items were some combinations of onions and tomatoes with some dark liquid
poured over. You see? So I could not tell what the food was like; what is this? Well, so yesterday I decided to go forward
and ask what kind of food they (those strange combinations) were. So I asked what food it was and they told me that it was
onion pieces,... I mean they told me of the spices. And the I said I wasn't allergic to any of them and in that case I should
be served with it; and I tasted it, ...well... I think it is O.K.

Well, over here once you have arrived and by the grace of God you have got a place to stay and you are alright with school
arrangements, it's only left with a matter of socializing… and addressing yourself seriously to the work, the way you
want it anyway. You won't run into trouble if you don't ask for it, thus you'll be able to go ahead with whatever you are
doing.